3. What do Emily and Isaac hear from offstage, right after Isaac arrives?
(a) A glass smashing.
(b) Cooking sounds.
(c) Doors slamming.
(d) Amir slamming around.

4. Why does it bother Abe to be called by the name Amir insists on calling him?
(a) Abe does not want Emily to know he had changed his name.
(b) Abe wants to be more Americanized.
(c) Abe does not want to be reminded of his family back home.
(d) Abe wants to honor his father with his new name.

5. What is Amir nervous about, in terms of joining his law firm as partner?
(a) The partners came from much more prestigious law firms than he did.
(b) The partners are mostly Jewish.
(c) He came from a much more prestigious background than most of the other partners.
(d) The partners have much more experience than he does.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Amir?

2. Who does Amir say Emily should get to pose for this portrait?

3. How did Isaac get to Amir and Emily’s apartment?

4. Where does Amir’s sister, Abe’s mother, live?

5. What class are Amir and Emily in, based on their furnishings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

2. What is Emily’s relationship with the Velázquez painting?

3. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

4. What is the importance of Amir modeling for Emily in boxers below, and a fine shirt and suit jacket above?

5. What do we learn about Amir and Emily’s relationship when Emily tells Amir that she happens to know he “likes it a little fucked up,” meaning that there is something odd about painting him after a painting of a slave (9)?

6. What is the significance of the stage direction indicating that Amir speaks with a flawless accent?

7. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

8. How does Abe’s arrival tell us about how Amir’s career developed?

9. Explain the difference between earnestness and irony as Emily describes it in her discussion with Isaac.

10. What part of the news article about Amir is Amir angry about?

(see the answer keys)

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